Dubious, and on all three counts.
Complicated = better? Really? So, presumably, by extension, you would prefer to own a contemporary car that requires expensive, complex diagnostic equipment, and technicians with high levels of experience and education to maintain, over an older, simpler, far easier and less expensive to maintain car? Etc.
Durability? Are you familiar with, to use just one example, Certina DS models from the '60s? I defy you to provide an example of a more durable, high-production, contemporary watch, let alone at anything close to the same price point. Also, are you aware of how durable the Omega 30mm, Longines 30L, IWC cal. 89, etc., movements were? There are a huge number still in use after a half-century or longer, and keeping excellent time.
Accuracy? Again, please do provide an example of contemporary, regular production models that are, in any meaningful sense, more accurate than the Girard-Perregaux HF chronometers from the '60s.
I do agree that materials, machine tolerances and lubricants are now largely superior to those used 50+ years ago. But the practical differences are typically quite small.
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